Novak Djokovic’s season has began in addition to he couldn’t have. The Serbian champion gained the ATP 250 in Adelaide, to then win his tenth Australian Open regardless of a left hamstring damage. The 35-year-old from Belgrade complied with the predictions on the eve of leaving just one set on the road at Melbourne Park, the place he hasn’t misplaced since 2018.
His stage has risen exponentially from the spherical of 16 onwards, as the varied de Minaur can verify. Rublev, Paul and Tsitsipas. In addition to having hooked his everlasting rival Rafael Nadal at 22 Grand Slams, Nole returned to the highest of the ATP rating by ousting Carlos Alcaraz from the throne after 20 weeks of reign.
Goran Ivanisevic’s pupil has proven that he’s nonetheless the strongest round and plenty of imagine that he can as soon as once more aspire to the ‘Calendar Grand Slam’ (a feat already touched in 2021, when he stopped only one victory from the end line).
The ‘Djoker’ will return to the sector in Dubai on the finish of February.
Halys on facing Nole Djokovic
On the sidelines of his tough success within the first spherical in Montpellier, Quentin Halys responded to the media current within the Hérault.
The Frenchman, now a member of the world’s high 100, agrees he has made progress however logically desires to goal increased. “It’s good to compete for a set against Novak Djokovic (Editor’s note: The Frenchman lost in two sets, 7-6, 7-6, in the 2nd round in Adelaide) but the idea at one point is to not not be content to enter the court against the best, just saying that we are going to play our match.
You also have to be able to tell yourself that you can beat them. That’s why in tournaments like Montpellier I have to win matches, to be able to face them regularly to continue to progress.” Former doubles World No. 1 Rennae Stubbs has predicted that Novak Djokovic will finish his illustrious profession with 28 Grand Slam titles to his title.
“I think that by the time Novak [Djokovic] finishes his career, he’s gonna have, I’m gonna guess at 28. I think that he can win at least five more Grand Slams by the time he’s finished his career. So that’ll put him in about 27,” she mentioned.
“You have to think that he is a favorite every time he plays, particularly a hardcourt Grand Slam or at Wimbledon. I mean, the guy can win a couple more Wimbledon titles,” she added.
